#278B89#278B89

#278B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.089 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B89
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -28.11, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 29.01, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.0863 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.089 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.5826, 20.7010, 26.8892)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B89 #8B2729

analogous

#278B57 #278B89 #275B8B

triadic

#278B89 #89278B #8B8927

tetradic

#278B89 #57278B #8B2729 #5B8B27

square

#278B89 #57278B #8B2729 #5B8B27

split-complementary

#278B89 #8B275B #8B5727

monochromatic

#0C2B2B #1A5B5A #278B89 #34BBB8 #5BD1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#278B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#278B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B89

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B89	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.089 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adab',
    500: '#278b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b89;
$custom-light: #72adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58107,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B89

secondary

#B6585A

accent

#484BDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B89

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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